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You've had a lucky escape there though mate, at least it can be taken off and fixed very quickly/easily.

2 - No you will not lose your insurance, you will continue to be insured for the rest of the year. 3 - Having protected no claims will help yes, as you can still put that you have "x" amount of no claims on your insurance applications but you will have to inform them of the incident, hopefully...

You'd better be kidding!!! This looks like it could be a great turn out if everyone comes and a good selection of cars. (Not to mention the chance to meet a lot more members :cool:)

Cheers mate, excuse the kitchen, its the only totally unfinished room in the house. Horrible at the moment. :dead: I'll let him know lol! Aluco, yeah I shoulda just layered up the lacquer but theres no harm in having a few layers of paint I suppose. I'm going to lacquer them tommorrow and...

I haven't been to an essex meet so whatevers next, I'll make an appearance. :)

Cheers mate. If people are willing to take off the cover them selves then thats fine by me. Its a bit fiddly and has to be sewn with pliers to get it through the thick bit of leather so it looks good.

Oh and I am considering doing this as a service for people who's airbags go off. Defo cheaper than a new seat or getting it done professionally :P

I want to let the primer/paint/lacquer harden before each next layer. I figure they get so dirty that it'd be worth trying to get the layers to harden as much as possible to reduce the change of them going rank and yellow. They will be finished tmrw ;) What do you think of the moondust silver...

I'm around until about half 5-ish if thats any good for you megz? I tell ya, its not f**king pink!!!! Yes I am ;) You really need to change your name (your actual name) I was here first.:rasp:

Really nice this mate, is the back bumper a 172 bumper? If so the only thing i think could improve it is to colour code that front bumper strip.

Only a small update.... Took the handles round to my garage and got the paint on. First coat of paint: My mate was bored watching me paint so he customized my "booth" it now includes a dry-holder and a spray can holder. Last coat of paint: Finished and hardening in my kitchen...

Cheers all, glad you like them Ben. I imagin once in the car it won't even be noticable. Ad, trousers can be posted my way, but if I like them they may not get posted back :P

Just found a pic of the original state of it...

Cheers all. Off to the painting garage to put some ford moondust silver on the handles now. Will update with some pics a bit later.

Ok so picked up an interior off of James at JMS, I only wanted the door cards but bennnyboy182 wanted the seats... the passenger airbag had gone off, so I (being handy with a needle) offered to fix it for him. Finished this today and refitted the cover onto the seat. The resutls... Previously...

So maybe we'll actually have 10 turn up. lol!

No probs mate, has worked out well for both of us :) Door card plastics need a good scrub, but the alacantra is in good nick. You have PM btw.

Cheers for the advise, coat 1, too thick, serious runnage, fail. After that things went well (see my project thread) :)

Right, update time. Drove all the way to Uxbridge mid week to pick these up off of James at JMS (cheers). Managed to fit all 4 door cars AND a full set of 172 seats (for ben on here) in the back of the car. :eek: James couldn't quite believe it (nor could I tbh). Problem was the grab...

Rob, you ***** ;) Steve, mini meet sounds good, would love a day meet with your PC tbh ;) Fletcher, by the time me and Rob had finished it was too dark to take any decent pics. These weren't great either, no sun at all, but had to take some shots before I drove it to Uxbridge and back. Cheers...

Around xmas I'd hope, this job pays pants, but it beats JSA.

Cheers for all the comments chaps, off to a job interview now so maybe i'll have some more money for mods! Woo Cheers steve, yeah its changed quite a bit, for the better IMO. Well I'm sorry I don't have me a DSLR! Best I could do with a point and click and no lighting. :rasp:

£37?? How old are you?? Started on my grab handles tonight, sanded ready for primer tmrw, hope mine turn out as nice as yours.

Looking at getting a ph1 172 around xmas/new year as long as I'm working so I don't know if there'd be any point in coilovers. I'm doing all of this on job seekers atm! LOL!!!!!

You are one of very few then mate. was going to keep it like that, but i was 50/50 and so many people didn't like it. When I can afford to splash out on some wheel nut covers and some new axels ends I may take them off again.

Yeah lots mate... I have a project thread going but I'm not great at updating it.. lol Have got some replica side skirts coming (more painting practice) Just picked up myself some 172 door cards, front and back, so my new-ish interior will finally match. Sanded down the grab handles tonight so...

Cheers guys :) Its starting to get how I want it. Its 60mm mate, you wouldn't believe how high it is as standard, one sec i'll find a pic...

Do you work during the week mate??? I've gotta go to a birthday party sat early eve and a meet sun but I could do it for you. Do you have tools? I could try make it down sat morning? Would have to be quite an early start?? EDIT: Just looked how far you are. Thought you were close than that...

Nice job you've done there mate, they look a little bright in the pic, but is that just the flash? I'm sure they'll dull down a little in the sun anyways.

Today around 3pm. Anyone?